Capriles to repeat as opposition candidate

People queue outside the military academy where Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez is lying in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, March 10, 2013. Chavez died on March 5 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. He was 58. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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People queue outside the military academy where Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez is lying in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, March 10, 2013. Chavez died on March 5 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. He was 58. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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A woman wipes photos of late President Hugo Chavez at a makeshift altar set in his honor at the main square of Sabaneta, western Venezuela on Saturday, March 9, 2013. Chavez, who died of cancer on March 5, 2013 was born in Sabaneta. His former home has been turned into the local headquarters of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, PSUV. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)— AP

A woman wipes photos of late President Hugo Chavez at a makeshift altar set in his honor at the main square of Sabaneta, western Venezuela on Saturday, March 9, 2013. Chavez, who died of cancer on March 5, 2013 was born in Sabaneta. His former home has been turned into the local headquarters of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, PSUV. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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A Venezuelan army officer salutes a photo of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez at a makeshift memorial outside the Venezuelan Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday, March 9, 2013. Chavez died on March 5, 2013 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)— AP

A Venezuelan army officer salutes a photo of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez at a makeshift memorial outside the Venezuelan Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday, March 9, 2013. Chavez died on March 5, 2013 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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People line up to see the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez outside the military academy where he is lying in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Chavez died on March 5, 2013 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. He was 58. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)— AP

People line up to see the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez outside the military academy where he is lying in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Chavez died on March 5, 2013 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. He was 58. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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A mourner places a photo of the late President Hugo Chavez when he was a military cadet on a makeshift altar at the main square of Sabaneta, the town of his birth in western Venezuela on Saturday, March 9, 2013. Chavez died of cancer on March 5, 2013. His former house has been turned into the local headquarters of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, PSUV. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)— AP

A mourner places a photo of the late President Hugo Chavez when he was a military cadet on a makeshift altar at the main square of Sabaneta, the town of his birth in western Venezuela on Saturday, March 9, 2013. Chavez died of cancer on March 5, 2013. His former house has been turned into the local headquarters of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, PSUV. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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People queue outside the military academy to see the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez lying in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, March 10, 2013. Chavez died of cancer on March 5. He was 58. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)— AP

People queue outside the military academy to see the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez lying in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, March 10, 2013. Chavez died of cancer on March 5. He was 58. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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People enter the military academy to see the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez lying in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, March 10, 2013. Chavez died on March 5 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. He was 58. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)— AP

People enter the military academy to see the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez lying in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, March 10, 2013. Chavez died on March 5 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. He was 58. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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People rest outside the military academy where Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez is lying in state in Caracas, Venezuela, early Sunday, March 10, 2013. People continue to parade to see the body of Chavez, who died of cancer on March 5. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)— AP

People rest outside the military academy where Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez is lying in state in Caracas, Venezuela, early Sunday, March 10, 2013. People continue to parade to see the body of Chavez, who died of cancer on March 5. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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CARACAS, Venezuela 
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles says he will run in April 14 presidential elections to replace Hugo Chavez.

During Sunday night's announcement, he accused opponent Nicolas Maduro of using Chavez's corpse as a campaign prop. Maduro is Chavez's hand-picked successor.

Capriles said supporters told him the odds are so stacked against him that running against the Chavista machine would be like being dropped into a meat grinder.

Chavez died Tuesday after defeating the 40-year-old Capriles in October elections with 56 percent of the vote. Capriles won 44 percent of votes.

It was the opposition's best showing ever against Chavez during his 14-year rule.